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Sorry if the following is a bit lacking in cohesion. I’m just working with some rough ideas which may or may not eventually be polished. Power, control and wealth or peace, enlightenment and salvation? Which is the primary motivation for religion? I often view organized religion as the former with a little of the latter on [...] Technorati Tags: beliefs,benefits of a holy life,enlightenment,faith,ideas Here’s a search term that led some unsuspecting soul to this blog: benefits of living a holy life. I suspect this individual was seeking spiritual guidance and apparently didn’t find it here. Maybe that’s just as well because I don’t want all the crap the comes with being a spiritual [...] Is faith in Jesus Christ the only way to heaven? If you are a Christian, then absolutely. But there are plenty of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Shintoists, pagans, and others who believe their faith will get them into Heaven. John 3:16 aside, faith in Jesus Christ is but one path to the Divine. There [...] Have you ever considered converting to another religion? No, one must have a religion in order to convert to another. I’m not an atheist; deep down I believe there is something greater than us, call it God, Buddha, The Force, or whatever. Technically, I’m agnostic, not because I doubt the existence of something greater (i.e., God), [...] It’s about time we stopped thinking of ourselves as a Christian nation and embraced the idea of simply being a nation. I think that should apply to other nations as well, no matter what their predominant religious persuasion. In this age of global communications and economics, basing a nation’s laws on the rules of the [...] |
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